General Microwave Corporation

General Microwave Corporation Kratos Microwave Electronics Division, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, manufactures specialized radio frequency and microwave components for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders, delivery orders, and indefinite delivery contracts—competing full and open with no set-aside designation. The division, headquartered in Syosset, New York, operates as a for-profit manufacturer of goods across primary NAICS categories including Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (133 awards in portfolio) and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (70 awards), with PSC strength concentrated in Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment (250 awards) and Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (187 awards).

General Microwave's customer base concentrates sharply on the Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center and the Air Force Sustainment Center. The Naval Air Warfare Center anchors 104 awards worth $67.4 million in combined potential value, while the Air Force Sustainment Center holds 59 awards valued at $47.6 million—together representing 85 percent of combined potential value across the 846-award footprint. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime placed 137 awards (59 percent of award count) but carries only $13.9 million in potential value, reflecting high-volume procurement of commodity RF components at lower individual dollar values. The tension between the two rankings is substantial: DLA dominates award count, while NAVAIR and AFSC dominate dollars.

Recent activity shows accelerating prime volume. Awards per year climbed from 14 in 2022 to 19 in 2024 to 42 in 2025, with only three awards logged in 2026 to date (most recent March 19, 2026). Seven awards face completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $4.2 million, presenting modest recompete exposure.

The division holds five active indefinite delivery contracts totaling approximately $25.4 million in ceiling authority. The Naval Air Warfare Center IDV (N6893609D0046) carries a $12.88 million ceiling awarded November 2022 and running through October 2027, supporting design and manufacture of RF and microwave modules for electronic warfare, radar warning receivers, and aircraft survivability systems; nine delivery orders under this vehicle total roughly $1.15 million. The Air Force Sustainment Center holds four IDVs: a $4.59 million contract (awarded September 2025, through September 2030) for AN/ALR-56M Advanced Radar Warning System spares and frequency converter components; a $5.23 million repair IDV (September 2025–2030) for ALQ-161 Electronic Warfare System repairs, with one delivery order worth $347,140.80 performing work in Israel; a $2.02 million digitally tuned oscillator IDV (September 2025–2030) supporting electronic warfare systems; and a $1.72 million contract (August 2022–2027) for ALR-56M intermediate frequency assemblies. Representative prime work includes a $1.11 million February 2026 DLA definitive contract for 50 units of variable attenuators, a $618,702 September 2025 Air Force delivery order for AN/ALR-56M spares, and a $1.36 million September 2025 Air Force delivery order for digitally tuned oscillators with performance in Israel.

On the subcontract side, General Microwave supplies RF and microwave components to major defense primes including Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Systems, L3 Technologies, BAE Systems, Sierra Nevada Company, and DRS Training & Control Systems. Named sub work includes RF switches and modulators to Raytheon on CIWS long-term contract and MK-99 PBL orders, F-16 Active Electronically Scanned Array components to Northrop Grumman, and radio frequency switch assemblies to L3 on MUMT-X and other production contracts. The division generated 27 sub-awards (3 percent of total portfolio), indicating a predominantly prime-focused footprint.

General Microwave's concrete capability set centers on specialized RF and microwave component design, manufacture, and repair for military electronic warfare, radar warning receivers, aircraft survivability, and communications systems. The division is an established sole-source supplier for AN/ALR-56M Advanced Radar Warning System components (frequency converters, intermediate frequency assemblies, amplifiers, spares), AN/ALQ-131 Electronic Warfare Suite repair, ALQ-161 Electronic Warfare System repair, digitally tuned oscillators, RF switches (multiple NSN configurations), variable attenuators, modulators, oscillators, and broadband components supporting critical platforms including F-16, F/A-18, C-130, and legacy aircraft across both Navy and Air Force. The company traces federal contracting experience to 2001. Performance occurs primarily at the Syosset, New York facility, with secondary work performed in New Hyde Park, New York, and overseas locations including Israel for certain repair and production work.